ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Creation of an accurate database of emergency physicians living and working within a state, as well as a network of each states’ EM groups and ED medical directors would help chapter leaders disseminate relevant information, strengthen advocacy efforts, and plan regional solutions summits to focus on unique challenges.

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Leadership PPE EMS Wellness 98

Sensible Medicine

JULY 28, 2023

” He was masked, I wore full PPE (mask, goggles, gown, gloves, and bonnet). Applying evidence-based medicine (incorporating medical knowledge, clinical experience, and data from systematic research) to people I knew well, made me recognize that what I do, and what makes my job satisfying, had a role.

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Hospitals PPE Urgent Care Academics 94

PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Bordetella pertussis was isolated in 1906 by Belgian researchers, Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou, I hopefully I pronounced them right, but they’re long gone, so they won’t be mad at me,, leading to the development of a whole cell pertussis vaccine in the 1940s. I’ve had patients say, well, I don’t want tetanus.

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Pediatrics PPE Wellness Infectious Diseases 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 29, 2023

In the emergency department, we were working our way through tonnes of PPE, masks, aprons, and gloves. You treated me so well.” And so I started doing some research. We found that our staff held great attitudes, but only scored moderately well in the knowledge domain. We were in lockdown. We were exhausted.

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PPE Research Emergency Department Urgent Care 98

FEMinEM

JANUARY 26, 2021

We couldn’t exactly follow the advice of staying home or avoiding sick people, and a vaccine felt like an added layer of protection needed to bolster our PPE. Maybe the researchers did have my best interest in mind. So I did a little research of my own, and found that the history of exclusion went back decades.

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CDC Research Hospitals PPE 52